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REPORTon the One-Year Evaluation of AWID’s 2008 Forum

The POWER of MovementsNovember 14–17, 2008 | Cape Town, South Africa

Written by Srilatha Batliwala, AWID Associate Scholar (March 2010)

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This report summarizes and analyses results of the

one-year evaluation conducted among a focus group

of participants at AWID’s 11th International Forum

“The Power of Movements” held in Cape Town, South

Africa in November, 2008.

The usefulness and longer-term impact of events like

the AWID Forum are challenging to assess and

evaluate. It is often felt that such events are either

talk shops that lead to no concrete action, or that the

excitement and stimulation rapidly dissipates, with no

longer-term results. AWID decided to test these

impressions, to explore whether the enormous effort

we put into organizing and holding our Forums

creates more lasting effects, and if so, analyze what

these may be. Towards this, AWID conducted a

one-year follow-up evaluation exercise of the 2008

Forum between November and December 2009.

About this Report

Report on the One-Year Evaluation of AWID’s 2008 Forum “The POWER of Movements”4

A full evaluation survey by Forum 2008 participants was conducted immediately afterthe event, and results were compiled and shared with Forum participants and donors.We felt that exploring the more nuanced long-term effects of the Forum did not lenditself to the survey mode. So we decided to conduct interviews with a small, butdiverse sample of Forum participants.

The interview guide was designed around the key objectives of the Forum:

1. To advance thinking and action around the power of movements, and bring backa focus on movement building among women’s groups and donors worldwide;

2. To take steps to overcome the fragmentation within movements and to contributeto building strategic alliances with other social movements;

3. To contribute to significant visibility and engagement of young women in keydebates and strategies of women’s movements, highlighting the importance ofeffective multigenerational movement building;

4. To contribute to the revitalization of women’s organizations and movements(having participants leave with a renewed sense of commitment and energy,inspiration, as well as new allies, strategies, and ways of thinking and acting).

The interview guide had ten questions that explored the status of these objectives oneyear after the Forum, since evidence for several of them would be more evident afterthis interval than immediately after the Forum. The questions were designed to probethe following key dimensions:

1. What insights, ideas, strategies, or new thinking on the power of movements hadremained with the interviewees one year after the Forum?

2. Had these influenced or changed their own or others’ action / practice in anyway, and examples of this?

3. Had any new initiatives – networks, joint projects, discussion groups, meetings,etc. – emerged as a result of connections made at the Forum?

4. Had they seen or heard any evidence of increased funding of movement-orientedstrategies by donors?

5. How could AWID better make the case to donors for supporting an event likethe Forum?

The criteria for the selection of interviewees were based on choosing respondents fromdiverse locations, sectors, levels of work (from grassroots to global), age, ability, donorrepresentation, and both Forum “veterans” as well as first-time attendees. Time andstaff resources allowed for 30 interviews. But of the 30 participants selected, only 25were able and willing to be interviewed within our time frame. Of these, one persondeclined to respond to the questions in our interview guide, since she felt they did notadequately capture the feedback she wanted to give us.

Methodology

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Our first interview question was designed to elicit what impressions and memories of the Forumremained with participants one year after the event. We believe the responses to this question –“One year after the AWID Forum in Cape Town, share with us your top three memoriesabout it - what are the three things about the Cape Town process that have stayed withyou?” - are indicative of one aspect of the longer-term value and impact of the event. For themajority of our respondents, three critical aspects have remained with them long after theForum: the rich diversity of participants, specific sessions and events that have left a lastingimpression, and the opportunity to create new relationships and re-kindle old ones. So itwould appear that the diversity of participation, the nature of various events, and connectingand re-connecting with people are unique and treasured facets of the AWID Forum.

The quality and design of the plenaries left a lasting impact as nine out of 25 of our intervieweesmentioned them either generally or with reference to specific speakers, themes, or the diverseformats used. The enabling and inclusive quality of the Forum as a space, and the diversity andquality of its content also remained in the minds of many women we interviewed.

A sense of unity, new energy and stimulation, and the huge presence and role of young womenwere other strong memories that have remained with participants. Finally, AWID is pleased tonote that several interviewees recalled with praise our handling of the Forum logistics.

Analysis of Responses

1. Remembering the Forum

Rich diversity of participants 12

Specific sessions & events 12

Connecting & re-connecting 9

Plenaries 7

Quality of the space / interactions 7

Diversity & quality of content 7

Young women's role 4

Energy, unity & stimulation 4

AWID's efficiency 3

FIG. 1: WHAT I REMEMBER ABOUT FORUM 08



“In my organization, we have reassessed some perspectives(and tools) that are not the usual or more commonly used.Now, I see the significance of looking for spaces to connectwith other groups and advance agendas together. This isnot necessarily new to my work, but I have a fortified senseof urgency when it comes to creating or strengtheningalliances.”

“Working with ICT and technology, we really have to establishallies in both the women's movement as well as in thecommunication rights movement, and to solidify the linkbetween looking at ICTs as important and useful in buildingmovements, as well as understanding communicationrights as a critical part of the women's rights agenda.”

“The theme of the power of movements – the power ofcollective thinking and collective action - helped in placingour efforts within the broader perspectives of movements.In my work now, I try to push my initiative to think morebroadly and to focus more strategically on what it is thatwe are trying to achieve rather than what activities we canrun in our program.”

The comments of those who did not feel particularlyimpacted by the Forum theme are also interesting toshare. For some, the discourse on movements was fartoo “centrist”, and reflected the natural positions ofwomen who were affluent enough to afford the high costof participating in the Forum. If AWID had been able tofacilitate the participation of more women involved directlyin local struggles, the perspectives would have been farmore radical. For others, they went away unimpressedbecause of the poor quality of the sessions they attended,or because there were other more profound catalysts thathad provided insights into the power of movements.

2. Impact of the theme: “The Power of Movements”The theme of the Forum has had an ongoing influence on the thinking and work of themajority of participants interviewed – 17 out of 24 - said that insights gained on the powerof movements have changed or influenced their approach since the Forum. Their commentsindicated that insights from the Forum were mainly resulting in them viewing themselvesthrough a new, more critical lens, re-shaping some existing strategies, and personallyproviding a renewed sense of belonging to a global women’s movement. What is more,even those six interviewees who did not feel the Forum radically transformed their view ofmovements and movement building acknowledged that it helped reinforce or remind themof the power and importance of movements.

Feedback Highlights:

FIG. 2: IMPACT OF THE FORUM THEME: THE POWER OF MOVEMENTS

No 6

Yes 18

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Enthusiastic efforts of some 200 South African participantsto create the South African Feminist Forum (along thelines of the African Feminist Forum that they heard aboutat one of the Plenaries), and their struggle to keep it goinggiven their packed schedules and lack of dedicatedresources or staff.

Sex workers from different Latin American countries wereinvited, for the first time, to participate in the EncuentroFeminista in Mexico; they felt welcome, and found especiallyyoung women activists very receptive to including them intheir debates and strategizing for joint actions. They alsowitnessed how groups that had attended the Forum werecalling for others to address issues of the fragmentation ofthe women’s movement in the region; the sex workersgroups have become part of a couple of feminist networks.

Marked increase in interest in disability issues after (andas a result of) the Forum. For disabled women participants,it was an empowering experience, and they have carriedforward a stronger sense of finally belonging to somethinglarger than the disability movement itself.

Due to highlighting of digital stories created by participantsof the Feminist Tech Exchange (FTX) training prior to theForum, at a plenary, and the FTX Hub in the Forum venue,the power of communications in movement building andadvocacy has been truly understood. Consequently, therehas been a lot of demand for FTX training from differentregions and groups.

The Pacific Women’s Network has increased their workon gender equality, become involved very strongly inclimate justice work, and taking on a different role in othermovements in the region as well, all connected to theForum’s impacts.

GROOTS Kenya has decided to recognize and celebrategrassroots women who have been champions of theirmovement, and improve documentation of their work.

3. Evidence of the impact of the Forum on othersAt AWID we had anticipated that there would be small pieces of evidenceof the Forum’s impacts on individuals and organizations who had attendedit, from perhaps a handful of interview respondents. We were thereforequite overwhelmed to find that 18 of our interview respondents had evi-dence to report on how individuals and organizations had been influencedin their post-Forum work.

Feedback Highlights:

FIG. 3: IMPACT OF THE FORUM ON OTHERS

Yes 18No 6



Some of the more interesting collaborations reported,and attributed by our respondents to the Forum, were:

The South African Feminist Forum.

A new campaign launched by the FEIM (Fundación paraEstudio e Investigación de la Mujer) and CTA (Central deTrabajadoras de Argentina) to advocate for passing a lawto prevent, penalize and eradicate VAW particularly in thehousehold and the private sphere.

Active discussions among Caribbean activists who attendedthe Forum about how to strengthen their organizations’capacity and the Caribbean women’s movement, includingactive discussion for launching a Caribbean Women’s Fund.

After the Forum, WSRN (a community radio station in thePacific) launched Forum Tok Talk. It really allowed themto connect with people who they had been doing workwith online.

GROOTS International has had a focused meeting withAWID to talk about moving forward the women’s rightsand women’s empowerment agenda.

A new coalition of young women activists in Senegal.

Noveaux Droits de l’Homme, Cameroon, has become partof several Francophone African movements after theForum: the Genre en Action network, Bridge, WomenWon’t Wait, as well as ROFAF which is a network offeminist organizations in French Africa.

4. Participation in initiatives / processes that emerged at the ForumGiven this considerable evidence of the impact of the Forum theme, it is notsurprising that even our small group of twenty-three interview respondentsgave us plenty of examples of new initiatives launched at or just after theForum. Several of these are already described in the earlier section. It isencouraging to note that half (12) of our respondents reported being part ofnew initiatives, networks, campaigns, e-groups, learning exchange visits, andother ventures that have grown out of the linkages made at the Forum.

Post-Forum Collaborations:

FIG. 4: PARTICIPATION IN INITIATIVES THAT EMERGED AT OR AFTER THE FORUM

Yes 12

No 12

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A key goal of the Forum was to advocate greater support from donors for movement-building approaches, especially since AWID’s “Where Is the Money?” research haddemonstrated a serious decline in such funding over the past years. Forum eventslike the Funders’ Forum and other sessions on movement building and resourcemobilization issues were well attended by donor representatives. However, oneinterviewee noted that overall donor participation in the Forum was less than shehad expected. In her words,

“…I don’t know why, but there were relatively few donors there – and the oneswho were there were the feminists, the [long-standing allies] who’ve supportedAWID and believe in the cause. This bothered me. Two, what bothered meeven more, was that very few friends from the UN system were there – hardlyanyone from UNIFEM, UNDP, etc. One reason could be because so many otherimportant meetings were happening at around the same time – Accra, FFDDoha, - so the timing was not good.”

The feedback of all the other interview respondents (see Fig.5), seems to at leastpartially bear out this impression – most said they had not heard or seen anyevidence that donor support for movement building had increased as a result of theForum, or that it was too soon to tell. On the other hand, some respondentsreported encouraging signs of new investments by donors, which they attributed tocontacts made at the Forum. However, as many of respondents observed, oneyear is probably too short a time to find evidence of renewed support for moretransformative strategies among the donor community.

5. Evidence of increased donor support for movement building

FIG. 5: EVIDENCE OF GREATER DONOR SUPPORT FOR MOVEMENT BUILDING

Yes7

No7

Don’t know/Too soon to tell

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Since modeling and promoting more multigenerational ways of working within women’sorganizations and movements was one of the goals of the Forum, our one-year evaluationattempted to track evidence of the impact of this process on participants. This was complexterrain to explore, since many of our respondents were from organizations with multiplegenerations working together, and many challenges keep intentions from becoming realities.It was also hard to determine the Forum’s role in sensitizing people to these issues.Nevertheless, we were pleased to find that a small but significant proportion of our respondents(see Fig. 6) had actually themselves implemented, or heard of others implementing, effortsto make their initiatives and ways of working more consciously multigenerational, andspecifically, more supportive of young women.

At the personal level, however, the issue has had greater impact since the Forum– 10 of ourrespondents (see Fig.7) felt that they had become more conscious of multigenerationalquestions in their own work and setting.

6. Promoting multigenerational movement building

FIG. 6: IMPACT OF MULTIGENERATIONAL ISSUES

FIG. 7: PERSONAL IMPACT OF THE MULTIGENERATIONAL MODEL

Yes

NoNotsure

YesOther

Alreadyworking inmultigenerationalorg.

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• Size, Diversity and Inclusiveness: respondentsurged us to continue to protect and enlarge thespace for participation of grassroots and disabledwomen, and to ensure we mobilize the resources tofacilitate this (full sponsorships for grassrootswomen, personal assistants for disabled women,etc.); they also urged us to retain the size – neitherless nor more than 2000 – with wide diversity withinthat number.

• The Plenaries and Diversity of Formats /Sessions: the quality of speakers, the “great bigissues”, inspirational nature, global perspective andvarying formats of the Cape Town plenaries werehighly appreciated – respondents observed that theway each plenary framed the focus of the discussionsfor the day was really valuable. At another level, itwas felt that being in the plenary – with all the otherparticipants – was “very empowering and inspirational”.The variety of sessions, while overwhelming in someways, also were felt to provide “something for everytaste”, and hence worth keeping. Thematic caucusesand the YFA activities were also much appreciated,as were the digital stories and cultural activitieswhich were felt to provide spaces for more relaxedtogetherness.

• Spaces for self-care, organizing and informallinking: the physical venue of the Cape Townconference, the FTX hub, the various booths andrelaxation spaces were felt to be vital in enablingpeople to self-organize, meet and brainstorminformally, leading to potential longer-term linkagesand incubating new initiatives. The focus on self-care was also much appreciated, and the sessionsand evening celebrations that enabled people tofeel connected at a less-cerebral and more gutlevel. “Keep the dancing…” said one interviewee,“never get rid of the dancing!”

• Logistics and Support systems: the flawlesslogistics and management of the entire processcame in for high praise from our respondents. Thequality of support provided – in terms of translation,booths, transport, etc. – were considered to havehugely facilitated the quality of the experience andengagement of Forum participants. As onerespondent said, “Small meetings, large meetings,and in between – no one does it better than AWID!”

• Keep the young women coming: there was greatappreciation for the significant presence of youngwomen and the various YFA activities, and a strongmessage to keep and expand this aspect of theForum’s diversity.

• The intangible spirit of the Forum: many respondentsalluded to the importance of retaining this, theindefinable but vital quality that makes the Forumexperience so memorable for all who come there.In the simple words of one respondent, “Keep themagic of the Forum.”

7. Keeping, Changing, Adding to strengthen the Forum in the futureAs AWID begins preparations for the 2012 Forum, we also wanted feedback on what aspects of Forum 08need to be modified or retained, and what new features need to be included in the next Forum to make it astronger and more effective experience for participants. Several useful suggestions came our way throughthe interviews, which are presented below in the respondent’s own words and voice:

Keep the Same: there were several aspects of the Forum that received enthusiastic affirmation forAWID to retain – in fact, some respondents, when asked what we should keep in future forums, merelysaid: “Everything!” Specific facets and characteristics of the Forum that were strongly endorsed were:



• Ensuring space, flexibility and mechanisms thatallow the Forum to include and address issuesthat arise in the months immediately precedingthe event – for example, the global economicrecession that hit the world just before the CapeTown Forum.

• Strengthening the links between the Forum themeand individual sessions / thematic caucuses /workshops – a couple of respondents felt stronglythat this was a weak or missing element in thedesign of the Cape Town Forum. Many sessionssimply didn’t address movement building at all, sothat the sessions as a whole did not amplify or explorethe central theme adequately. One respondentadvised: “ensure that the theme is the central pointof discussion and debate, not sharing organizationalagendas or showcasing.”

• Better quality control in terms of the methodologyand content of the sessions offered – some werefelt to have been below par, and this affects theexperience and learning of participants who attendthem. Along the same lines, other respondents feltthat AWID must reduce the number of panels /“talking heads” sessions, and increase the numberof workshops and interactive / experiential learningmethods used. This is probably a reaction to thefact that not even sessions billed as “interactivepanels” were interactive in practice!

• Increasing the duration of the Forum to 5 days,to allow for major events like the march protestingViolence against Women organized by the SouthAfrican women to be held at a time that does notrequire participants to choose between other sessionsand these events; this could also be a way forparticipants to visit local women’s organizations.Similarly, a longer duration would allow AWID tohave a dedicated “campaigns” space where peoplecan listen to the various campaign issues and signpetitions outside a plenary format – in fact, onerespondent felt the various petitions that wereprojected at the closing plenary in Cape Towndamaged the quality of what should have been asolemn and inspiring closing.

• Explore more ways to expand participation –especially of those women who cannot be physicallypresent due to distance, space, or cost constraints;there were particular concerns expressed about theneed to expand participation of host-country women,lower registration costs, and enhance online participation mechanisms. Strengthening facilitiesand technologies for greater remote participationalso received a strong vote. There was also asuggestion that other radical social movements needto be more strategically reached and encouragedto participate.

• Targeting increased participation of womenfrom specific language groups and regions – theexample given was that despite the Forum beingheld in Africa, the participation of women fromFrancophone African countries was very low.

• Level the playing field in terms of getting themost out of the Forum – this referred to the factthat “old hands” and AWID Forum veterans knewhow to effectively negotiate this bewildering andcomplex space, while newcomers did not, leadingto some confusion or sub-optimal experiences.One respondent encouraged us to interrogate ourown “exclusionary practices”, even if unintentional.The YFA was felt to have done a good job of orienting young women in this respect, but somesort of orientation process, guidelines, might beuseful for others.

• Avoiding too many concurrent events duringlunch and in the evenings – lunchtime sessions atCape Town were felt to be too difficult due to thehigh noise levels and crowding, which was felt to beunfair to the organizers of these sessions.

• Use media and publicity more strategically – thiswas felt to be an important way of extending thereach of the Forum, and also of influencing donorsand acknowledging the donors who support the event.

• More strategic outreach to the donor community– the need to ensure that people who don’t “thinklike us” are also persuaded to attend, listen and learn.

• Keep a focus on macroeconomic issues andvisioning – as one respondent said, “the Forumhas to keep asking the big question: what kind ofworld do we want? It needs to [help us] explorenew paradigms…”

Change for the better: AWID also received a wide range of useful ideas andfeedback on what we need to change and improve at the next Forum.

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• Work on the heart, not just the head – this is apowerful argument for moving beyond the intellectuallevel of discourse to deeper layers of women’spower for change, a more holistic approach. In theeloquent words of one respondent: “Most plenarieswere pure mental exercises… all in the head! If wewant to become the whole being that feminismargues for, we need to stop being the spaces werun. Consider why the session “What’s the point of

the revolution if we can’t dance?” was so full…Our aim for the 2011 Forum should not just beabout getting more participant involvement, butworking to engage more of who we are…” Alongthe same lines, another respondent stronglyadvocated increasing the number of plays / theaterevents, since these penetrate to deeper levels ofconsciousness that no amount of intellectualanalysis can reach.

• More opportunities for informal interaction /analysis – the experience of one of the regionalSocial Forums (in Belem), was cited to illustrate thepoint: thematic spaces for interaction were created(education, feminism, etc.), and people could gatherin these tents to discuss their insights and conclusions,which turned out to be a transformative experiencebecause it allowed for less structured and spontaneousengagement with core issues.

• Enabling the participation of new groups ofdisabled women by providing facilities for womenwith sensory disabilities (visually and hearing disabled).

• More pre-Forum preparatory processes – thissuggestion concerns working with key actors andcoalitions prior to the Forum to strengthen local,national and international debate on its thematicissues. It is felt that this will lessen the problem ofparticipants arriving at the forum with very littleinformation about the theme or the state of currentdebate. This could be achieved through backgroundpapers, regional meetings in the lead up to theForum, and other means. One respondent hopesthat this will overcome the current situation where“we are not fully taking advantage of having such adiverse and large group of influential women’s rightsadvocates in one space.”

• More remote participation before and duringthe Forum – and using a range of new ICTs to dothis: Twitter, Web-casts, maybe a Second Lifepre-conference.

• Proactive pedagogy – it is felt that the Forumneeds to play a more active teaching role for thosewho want to learn about topics and issues theyknow nothing about. A series of “101” sessions /mini-plenaries that offer basic introductions to thecore issues of the Forum, so that participants cangain more from the plenaries and sessions. Alongthe same lines, it is suggested that AWID preparematerials and conduct more “how to” / skill-buildingsessions that enhance capacity – e.g., writingproposals, positioning one’s work and talking todonors, etc

Add to strengthen: given the wide range of suggestions for changes and improvements in variousaspects of the Forum, there were relatively few inputs from our interviewees on what they’d like tosee added to strengthen it. A few of the interesting suggestions we received include:


The evidence gathered through our one-year evaluationexercise seems to indicate that there are small but significant longer-term effects of the Forum on those whoattend. These seem to fall into four main categories:

• A sense of renewed energy, purpose, and clarity;

• Interrogating and revising the frameworks andstrategies that participants use in their organizationsand movements;

• A greater awareness and some action on buildingmultigenerational ways of working and strengtheningyoung women’s voices; and

• New initiatives, connections and collaborations bornout of the linkages made at the Forum.

AWID is satisfied that the Forum does serve as a catalystand a vital space in recharging women’s rights movementsand actors, advancing strategic thinking and action, andshifting dominant discourse in ways that will continue tomanifest for some time to come.

We feel it is fitting to conclude our one-year evaluationreport by allowing the message from them to be conveyedin their own voice and words:

“ The days are gone when we can sit in our villageand think about how to change it. Now we are aglobal village; so we need a global space where wecan share experiences and challenges, and thinktogether about solutions. The Forum ignited aconsciousness... ”

“ The Forum is a space where we can think globallyand act locally, and there is no other space like itwhere grassroots women are present in such alarge number. ”

“ I want to make resourcing the AWID conference andparticipation in it something very routine – notsomething that needs a lot of thought. ”

“ The Forum is … a historical review of the course offeminist movements. ”

“ There are very few political spaces for women thatare open and asking political questions- almostnone... [the Forum as a] space is not attached to theUN, there isn’t any lobbying, it is not about a singleissue, we don’t have to dumb down our politics. ”

“ Activists like me really need a space like the forumwhere we can see each other face-to-face… andfeel reenergized and reinvigorated! …. Virtualcommunication doesn’t allow to share emotions,energy, vitality and passion as the forum does. ”

“ [The Forum] serves as a boost for activists thathave very tiring and dangerous lives back home. ”

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“ It is one of the few environments that I know of inwhich women from across the globe – who areworking in really hard contexts - are able to gettogether and feel that they can have trust in theother women that are there. It is one of the fewenvironments where the idea of intersectionality ismore than just brave words. ”

“ The AWID Forum is not just an event or the result ofa juncture that has a beginning and an end. It is aprocess and has an immense multiplier effect notonly for local and national initiatives but also forstrategies at the global level. ”

“ It is... a distinctly political space that is set, defined,shaped and strengthened through the people whoare working to advance women's rights everydayfrom all parts of the world. What gets discussed,highlighted and prioritized at the AWID Forum doeshave an impact on the work of women's rightsmovements locally, as can be seen through themultigenerational dialogues, the movement building[framework] and the interrogation of funding forwomen's right work. There is really no other spacelike it. ”

“ For young people in particular it is an importantspace to ask questions and get a sense of howglobal the movement really is. ”

“ The forum is a space for women who work on themargins to come together and feel empowered. Itcreates a true sense of solidarity and it makes onesee their day to day work as it relates to the overallpicture. Without the forum, many women would feelisolated and detached. ”

“ It’s a space to build relationships- it does help withwhen you are doing regional work to have a groupof women who have met each other … because inthe Pacific these women are so far apart. [Thefocus on] sustaining our movements and self-carewas vital - the Pacific has activists who have beenin it for 30 years and new activists - so spaces likeAWID help to keep you working through all thoseissues… ”

“ It is important to [support] women to reinforce thedream of a better world, to inspire women’sorganizations, to be a testimony to the diversity, therichness of the actions and perspectives of women,to establish spaces of sorority, to exchange and togive, to see the proof that another world or equalityis a reality, that it is possible! ”

“ Every three years, the AWID Forum convenes andshows us the richness but also the complexity ofthe women’s movement. It helps us learn … thatthere are as many diverse realities as there arepeoples. AWID allows us to nurture ourselves withthese diverse experiences and it also opens upour minds, our insights and our hearts. Diversity,multiculturalism and intergenerationality are thechallenges of the egalitarian, equitable and supportivesociety we women dream of. ”

“ I would tell donors that by supporting and fundingwomen’s fight for equality they’re contributing to amore just world… if they’d stop funding the Forum,they would suspend our energy and discharge ourbatteries. ”

“ Oh my! The spirit of the AWID forum - there is nothinglike it in the world, it's like a huge celebration. Onone hand, it is a chance for us to celebrate ourvictories, to meet old friends, and to feel energizedand recharged. On the other hand, it also bringstogether thousands of fragmented feminist effortsinto one space - I think the forums… will go down inglobal feminist history as an instigator of so manyamazing connections for women's rights. ”

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